{"id":519,"date":"2024-06-16T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/?p=519"},"modified":"2024-09-16T15:45:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T15:45:02","slug":"gimmes-new-album-recorded-at-a-quinceanera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/16\/gimmes-new-album-recorded-at-a-quinceanera\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimmes’ new album, recorded at a quincea\u00f1era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everyone\u2019s favorite skate punk covers band Me First & The Gimme Gimmes<\/strong> are releasing their new album \u00a1BLOW IT\u2026AT MADISON\u2019S QUINCEA\u00d1ERA!<\/em><\/a> this Friday (6\/14) via Fat Wreck Chords, but you don\u2019t have to wait until then to hear it\u2013a full stream premieres in this post. A spiritual sequel to 2004\u2019s Ruin Jonny\u2019s Bar Mitzvah<\/em>, which was recorded live at an actual bar mitzvah, \u00a1BLOW IT\u2026AT MADISON\u2019S QUINCEA\u00d1ERA!<\/em> was recorded at an actual quincea\u00f1era and apparently no one in attendance had ever heard of the band. \u201cIt was really tense for me going out to no applause\u2014and to people actually walking away when we were playing,\u201d says vocalist Spike Slawson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all went down on July 15th, 2023, at The Soap Factory in San Diego, and the Gimme Gimmes\u2019 rotating supergroup lineup included Joey Cape on guitar, CJ Ramone on bass, Swami John Reis on guitar, and Andrew \u201cPinch\u201d Pinching on drums for this show. They also had a horn section (Keith Douglas and Jason Crane), and John Reis\u2019 father John Reis Sr. played accordion on \u201cBefore the Next Teardrop Falls,\u201d popularized in 1975 by Freddy Fender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpeaking for myself personally, I\u2019ve been waiting a long time to knock playing a quincea\u00f1era off my bucket list,\u201d Spike says. \u201cThe only flaw in our approach (aside from the VERY occasional clam) was that we didn\u2019t really know any songs from the current decade (or millennium, for that matter).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlack Sabbath? No response. Captain and Tennille? Crickets. Juice Newton? Madison and co. were unmoved. Turns out one Olivia Rodrigo song was all it took to get the youngsters on their feet, but it was definitely touch and go there for a while (Abuelo dug the Vicente Fernandez). Did I mention that we are also available for weddings, bat-mitzvahs, funerals, estate sales, etc?\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would like this to be considered indicative of what a live show by the Gimme Gimmes can be,\u201d he adds. \u201cThe only difference is that there would be people that wanted to hear us specifically and came to see us. What happened at this show, to me, is better than unfettered, unconditional applause from a lot of people. Golf-claps from about five people is how I want to hear a live record. It\u2019s funny, and it doesn\u2019t stop being funny. Not only do outward displays of disapproval not scare me, but I might even crave them a little bit. I don\u2019t necessarily want to leave with people booing, but fawning praise makes me cringe. The girl had a good time, her mom and dad had a good time, her abuelo had a good time. And then when the DJ music finally played, her friends had a good time, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracklist<\/strong>
1. Changes
2. Love Will Keep Us Together
3. Dancing Queen
4. I Could Fall in Love
5. Estos Celos
6. La Ultima Mu\u00f1eca
7. Happy Birthday
8. Por Tu Maldito Amor
9. Good 4 U
10. Queen of Hearts
11. Camino de Guanajuato
12. Before the Next Teardrop Falls
13. De Ni\u00f1a a Mujer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes \u2014 2024 Tour Dates<\/strong>
21 Jun 2024 in Scheessel, Germany @ Hurricane Festival
22 Jun 2024 in Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany @Southside Festival
23 Jun 2024 in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland @ Saal, Dynamo
26 Jun 2024 in Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof Wiesbaden
27 Jun 2024 in Leipzig, Germany @ Conne Island
28 Jun 2024 in Vienna, Austria @ Arena Wien
29 Jun 2024 in Geiselwind, Germany @ Mission Ready
30 Jun 2024 in Ysselsteyn, NL @ Jera On Air
2 Jul 2024 in Paris, France @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge
3 Jul 2024 in Kortrijk, Belgium @ BOLWERK
4 Jul 2024 in Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus
6 Jul 2024 in Hunxe, Germany @ Ruhrpott Rodeo
14 Aug 2024 in Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
15 Aug 2024 in Reno, NV @ Virginia Street Brewhouse
17 Aug 2024 in Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
19 Aug 2024 in Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
21 Aug 2024 in Denver, CO @ The Summit
22 Aug 2024 in Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
23 Aug 2024 in Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
24 Aug 2024 in Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
27 Aug 2024 in Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
28 Aug 2024 in San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
30 Aug 2024 in Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
1 Sep 2024 in Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot
2 Sep 2024 in Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
3 Sep 2024 in Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom
5 Sep 2024 in Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
6 Sep 2024 in San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
7 Sep 2024 in Monterey, CA @ Golden State Theatre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone\u2019s favorite skate punk covers band Me First & The Gimme Gimmes are releasing their new album \u00a1BLOW IT\u2026AT MADISON\u2019S QUINCEA\u00d1ERA! this Friday (6\/14) via Fat Wreck Chords, but you don\u2019t have to wait until then to hear it\u2013a full stream premieres in this post. A spiritual sequel to 2004\u2019s Ruin Jonny\u2019s Bar Mitzvah, which was recorded live at an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjramone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}